We often hear about the ways the world calls us towards progress and perfection, but our faith calls us to live differently. Romans 12:2 (The Message) reminds us to take our everyday, ordinary lives – our sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around lives – and place them before God as an offering. As we encounter a season of polarized politics, may we look to and learn from our faith that calls us to be with our neighbors, enemies, friends, and families. In all that we are and all that we do, we are called to love God and one another. For the world is watching how we will respond in our everyday, ordinary lives.